Quote Originally Posted by Lefty View Post
I have since checked on the link to uk results and sure enough Richard it does clearly state the age criteria for Pendle which obviously some parents have not seen. As for the comment by withaY your post does indeed as you say clearly state where the age criteria was shown on the day ( A4 sheets of cardboard stuck on the wall ) you obviously misunderstood my post asking for age criteria to be made well clear beforehand and in advance ( it was I now admit done so for this race ) Different race organisers are using different age criteria, it's clear for the Fra champs, not so for lots of other Junior races.
I'm not clear what confusion there was though today. I wasn't RO but I was around from 10:00 until the death and never heard a complaint. I was aware that one U10 who made up 10 in Feb incorrectly entered the U12s race (as if AOD) but they did realise in time, ran in the correct race and it was sorted.

Andy - as has been pointed out in the debate last year, there was never anything in the rules about junior age categories being age on 1/1. It was more of a precedent that had developed because FRA Champs and County Champs used age on 1/1 and it became an adopted standard.
Some races followed their own systems and that was allowed so long as the athletes didn't run over distance and breach rule 10. But I would guess that more than 90% followed age on day.

What is clear already because of queries at Rivington and Pendle is that there is now confusion and it would have been better to mandate 1/1/13 and adopt an age category system that follows the UKA XC rules structure.